The long arc of Trump’s racial rhetoric goes from Mexican “rapists” at the beginning of his campaign to “shithole countries” to “both sides” in Charlottesville to “invasions” at the southern border to calling a majority-black district of Baltimore “rat and rodent infested.” This president isn’t a subtle racist. He’s not the kind who wants to white-glove it with pretty rhetorical dressing about culture and heritage. His endless attacks on immigrants, his quest for his illusory border wall, his lies about caravans and criminals surging over the borders are all of a piece; it’s part of repeatedly
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